Satchel.



No. 652,022. Patented June I9, |900. M. S. ERSLER.

SATGHEL.

(Application med Feb. 2o, 1900.)

' (No Model.)

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MAX S. ERSLER, OFv NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,022, dated June 19, 1900. Application liled February 20, 1900. Serial No. 5,886. (No model.)

T0 all 1072/0717/ t may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX S. ERSLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Satchels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to satchels for carrying school-books and the like, and has for its objects to provide a satchel which will eifectually shield and protect the books carried therein from the weather,which will be evenly balanced, so that the Satchel may be carried easily and with comfort, and to provide a very simple, neat, and attractive article.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which-e Figure l is a view in front elevation of the Satchel in its closed position as when in use containing a number of books. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the satchel in its unfolded position ready for the insertion of books therein. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section through the satchel with its flexible tubular wrapper unrolled. Fig. 6 is a similar view with the tubular wrapper rolled to snugly retain the books in position therein, and Fig. 7 is a detail front view showinga modified form of suspension device or hand-strap.

The back of the satchel is denoted by A and the top, which is hinged thereto, by B.' The back and top may be made of any suitable stiff material-such,for instance, as cardboard.

A flexible tubular wrapper, of Waterproof material, is secured to the top and back of the Satchel, which wrapper is denoted as a whole by C. In the form shown in the aocompanying drawings I have shown the stiff back A as being rmly secured-as, for instance, by gluealong the inner Wall of the rear of the tubular wrapper C. The stiff top B is hinged to the top of the back A by firmly securing the said top to the inner wall of the rear portion of the tubular wrapper-eas, for instance, by glue. The opposite ends of the tubular wrapper C extend a considerable distance beyond the stiff back and top. The

wrapper is of sufcient size to permit the insertion therein of a number of books or other articles.

The front portion of the tubular wrapper C is cut away at both ends for a considerable distance, as shown at c, so as to facilitate the rolling of the wrapper snugly about the books without undue wrinkling of the wrapper whether there be a number` of books or merely a single book therein or even where there are no books being carried within the Satchel. I provide a strap for rigidly securing the wrapper in its foldedposition snugly about the books therein, which strap comprises two sections D d, the section D, for instance, being secured to the outer or front edge of the stiff top B and the portion el being secured to the bottom of the stiff back A. I have shown the portion d as being provided with a buckle d' for the adjustable conne@ tion therewith of the portion D of the strap.

I provide a suitable hand-strap for carrying the Satchel, which hand-strap is shown in Figs. l to 4, inclusive, as being of considerable length, one portion-QE, for instance-L being secured to the one side edge of t-he top B and the other portion, c, being secured to the other side edge of the top B at points about half-way between the front and rear edges of the said top, so that when the Satchel is carried bythe strap it will be evenly balanced and will hang vertically from the strap. I have shown the portion E as being provided with a suitable buckle e' for the adjustable attachment of the portion e thereto.

In the form shown in Fig. 7 I have reprek sented the hand-strap (denoted by E') as comprising a short loop portion secured to the stiff top B about midway its sides and its front and back.

In use the tubular portion C is unfolded and unrolled, and one or more books which it is desired to carry may be inserted into position upon the stiff back A. The wrapper Cis then rolled closely, beginning at its front, until the books are held snugly against the back. As has hereinabove been stated, the cut-away portions c of the wrapperI permit this rolling to be accomplished without wrinkling the wrapper or giving a clumsy yappearance thereto. The ends of the wrapper are then folded over toward each other, and the ICO flexible tubular Wrapper having open ends, astiff back and a stiff top secured along the inner Wall of the rear portion of the tubular wrapper, a strap partially passing around the satohellengthwise for securing the satchel in its folded position and a hand-strap secured to the said stiff top in position to support the SatchelV in a substantially-Vertical position when in use, substantially as set forth.

In iestimony that I elaixn the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 17th day of February, 1900.

' MAX S. ERSLER. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, C. S. SUNDGREN. 

